Born in Canton in 1959, Fruit Chan, started as an assistant in the eignhties for acclaimed directors such as Yim Ho, Ronnie Yu, or Jackie Chan. Fruit Chan first famous movie Made in Hong Kong tells the story of young people from a depressed area in Hong Kong, far from the light of the economic growth. This movie is a first one of 3 movies on the 1997 handover (The Longest Summer, Little Cheung). Then Chan works on other themes, such a youth prostitution with Durian Durian or Hollywood/Hong Kong.